The plural of Lego is....

drum syndicate · Post by **drum syndicate** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:16 pm

Auan wrote:
skavoovie_blind9 wrote:The word 'LEGO', when used as a noun, should only refer to the company that makes the product. Otherwise 'LEGO' is supposed to be used as an adjective. Thus, when referring to the pieces, neither 'lego' nor 'legos' is correct... but 'lego' lets you avoid looking like a muppet.
Fixed.

It's called trademark dilution btw. Like how Hoover makes vacuum cleaners, but no one "vacuums" any more, we do the hoovering. No one drinks cola, we drink Coke. So yeah saying 'LEGO bricks' is correct and everything, but really, who's that much of a grammar-fascist?

Says the gent with a muppet for an avatard.

Irony at it's finest!

auan · Post by **auan** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:22 pm

Are you dissing Herry Monster, bitch?

showguns · Post by **showguns** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:30 pm

Auan wrote:Are you dissing Herry Monster, bitch?

showguns · Post by **showguns** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:31 pm

skavoovie_blind9 wrote:pardon?

drum syndicate · Post by **drum syndicate** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:56 pm

IT'S A GIANT BLUE FUCKING MUPPET!

dj slums · Post by **dj slums** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:10 pm

its legi you fucking numpties.

pronounced leg eye

drum syndicate · Post by **drum syndicate** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:47 am

you have a leg eye? wouldn't suprise me with that grill you got

dj slums · Post by **dj slums** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:20 am

drum syndicate wrote:you have a leg eye? wouldn't suprise me with that grill you got

your mums got legs for tits. bitch fell over n kept runnin.

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:19 am

dj slums wrote:
drum syndicate wrote:you have a leg eye? wouldn't suprise me with that grill you got
your mums got legs for tits. bitch fell over n kept runnin.

Nearly spat coffee out my nose with that one. A+ for services to the hideout, but E- for nasal care

perkalerk215 · Post by **perkalerk215** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:52 pm

this is basically like beating a dead horse or whatever that saying is. but i got a reply finally from LEGO and heres what they said. us legoS people were wrong, but so were you who thought it was called lego.

Dear Ms Forster
Thank you for contacting us and for taking the time to share your
comments regarding the use of the LEGO® name.

Our trademarks are the most valuable assets of the LEGO Group, and we
are, accordingly, very vigilant in protecting them and preventing their
misuse to ensure that they do not deteriorate into generic use. For
example, as a trademark, 'LEGO' should always be written in capital
letters and used as an adjective, e.g., 'LEGO® bricks' or 'LEGO®
elements,' and never as a noun. A 'circle R' trademark symbol (®) should, at
the very least, always follow the first reference to the trademark on
each page except when you are referring to the company name, i.e. the
LEGO Group. LEGO is a trademark of the LEGO Group. For more information
on this issue, please consult our Fair Play policy, which can be found
on our website at www.LEGO.com/info/fairplay.asp.

Thank you again for contacting us. We wish your family and colleagues
many happy hours of creative building and discussion with LEGO brand
toys in the years to come.

JoAnn
LEGO Direct Consumer Services

chu · Post by **chu** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:32 pm

perkalerk215 wrote:i got a reply finally from LEGO and heres what they said. us legoS people were wrong, but so were you who thought it was called lego.

Fuck Lego® it's Lego

relaks · Post by **relaks** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:34 pm

apparently it's "LEGORS"

drum syndicate · Post by **drum syndicate** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:46 pm

dj slums wrote:
drum syndicate wrote:you have a leg eye? wouldn't suprise me with that grill you got
your mums got legs for tits. bitch fell over n kept runnin.

Tryin' to get away from that face of yours no doubt

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:21 pm

relaks wrote:apparently it's "LEGORS"

Legozesses

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:36 pm

See? It's LEGO.

No such thing as Legos.

parson · Post by **parson** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:50 pm

letting corporations define your thinking is inherently faulty

parson · Post by **parson** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:52 pm

if microsoft patented puppies and sent out emails claiming the plural of puppy was puppy, shit would hit the fan

FREE YOUR MIND PEOPLE

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:04 pm

Parson wrote:if microsoft patented puppies and sent out emails claiming the plural of puppy was puppy, shit would hit the fan

FREE YOUR MIND PEOPLE

They'd still be puppies though, in much the same way as the plural of lego will still be lego. Not for corporate reasons just cause legos is daft

Lucky I've got so many microsofts to say this of course - big up the Gateses

parson · Post by **parson** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:08 pm

listen "blokes",

god didn't make legos so some fancy pants corporation in swissland can patent them and tell me how to think

auan · Post by **auan** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:10 pm

perkalerk215 wrote:Dear Ms Forster
Thank you for contacting us and for taking the time to share your
comments regarding the use of the LEGO® name.

Our trademarks are the most valuable assets of the LEGO Group, and we
are, accordingly, very vigilant in protecting them and preventing their
misuse to ensure that they do not deteriorate into generic use. For
example, as a trademark, 'LEGO' should always be written in capital
letters and used as an adjective, e.g., 'LEGO® bricks' or 'LEGO®
elements,' and never as a noun. A 'circle R' trademark symbol (®) should, at
the very least, always follow the first reference to the trademark on
each page except when you are referring to the company name, i.e. the
LEGO Group. LEGO is a trademark of the LEGO Group. For more information
on this issue, please consult our Fair Play policy, which can be found
on our website at www.LEGO.com/info/fairplay.asp.

Thank you again for contacting us. We wish your family and colleagues
many happy hours of creative building and discussion with LEGO brand
toys in the years to come.

JoAnn
LEGO Direct Consumer Services

Anyone else find that totally contradictory?

Also, anyone else getting that weird feeling with "Lego"? Like when you look at a word too much and think, is that really how you spell it?

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